From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nimbus.ocis.temple.edu([155.247.166.101]) (2429 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 01:02:15 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from wang (lr905-m4.ppp.temple.edu [155.247.229.54]) by nimbus.ocis.temple.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA16870 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 01:02:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000301c0010f$1d5dd600$0200a8c0@wang> From: "Victor Tsaran" To: References: <3.0.6.32.20000807131122.007adeb0@mail.ufw2.com> Subject: Re: Lilo, and remote rebooting a system that boots windows by default back to linux Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:28:37 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 List-Id: Bill, that was a very nice tip. Thanks a lot for it, Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Harding" To: Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 11:11 AM Subject: Lilo, and remote rebooting a system that boots windows by default back to linux > How do I make it, so if I connect to my system from somewhere else, > (probably will some day when I get dsl to use it to connect to the > Internet) How can I reboot the system such that it won't reboot to windows, > and reboot to linux instead. Is there a reboot command that will tell lilo > what to boot next time the system reboots? I have no tool in windows to > connect to my system, (that's for NT and costs lots) so telneting in to a > windows system isn't feasible. I have debian 2.2 on the system, on one > large partition, as I figured with 256 megs of ram swap wasn't needed, > although one could make a swap file if needed. I have lilo on the mbr, and > it boots windows immediately if I don't hold shift while it's booting > (everyone else in my family uses windows, and don't know about how lilo > works). Is the password keyword the best to use for this, so I could dial > in and enter a password so I'm the only one who can control what the system > boots to? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup